{{nydis9congtoc}}{{tnr}}The '''[[New York's 9th congressional district|9th congressional district of New York]]''' will hold an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.

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{{nydis9congtoc}}{{tnr}}The '''[[New York's 9th congressional district|9th congressional district of New York]]''' held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012.

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[[Yvette Clarke]] was re-elected on November 6, 2012.<ref>[http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Elections/New York ''ABC News'' "2012 General Election Results"]</ref>

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{{Congintro2012

|Filing deadline=April 16, 2012

|Filing deadline=April 16, 2012

|Primary date=June 26, 2012

|Primary date=June 26, 2012

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|Primary=New York has a [[Closed primary|closed primary]] system, meaning only registered members of a particular party may vote in that party's primary.

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|Primary=New York had a [[Closed primary|closed primary]] system, meaning only registered members of a particular party could vote in that party's primary.

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|Voter registration=Voters had to register to [[Voting in the 2012 primary elections|vote in the primary]] by June 1. For the [[Voting in the 2012 general elections|general election]], the voter registration deadline is October 12, or October 26 in person.<ref>[http://www.elections.ny.gov/VotingDeadlines.html ''New York State Board of Elections'' "Voting Deadline Page," Accessed June 30, 2012]</ref>

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|Voter registration=Voters had to register to [[Voting in the 2012 primary elections|vote in the primary]] by June 1. For the [[Voting in the 2012 general elections|general election]], the voter registration deadline was October 12, or October 26 in person.<ref>[http://www.elections.ny.gov/VotingDeadlines.html ''New York State Board of Elections'' "Voting Deadline Page," Accessed June 30, 2012]</ref>

|State=New York

|State=New York

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|Incumbent=Heading into the election the incumbent is [[Bob Turner]] (R), who was first elected to the House in 2011. Due to [[Redistricting in New York|redistricting]], Turner is instead running for [[United States Senate elections in New York, 2012|U.S. Senate]]<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/03/breaking-rep-bob-turner-to-challenge-sen-kirsten-gillibrand-source ''NY Daily News'' "Breaking: Rep. Bob Turner To Challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand - Source," March 13, 2012]</ref> Redistricting puts 11th district incumbent [[Yvette Clarke]] into the new 9th. }}

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|Incumbent=Heading into the election the incumbent was [[Bob Turner]] (R), who was first elected to the House in 2011. Due to [[Redistricting in New York|redistricting]], Turner instead ran for [[United States Senate elections in New York, 2012|U.S. Senate]]<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/03/breaking-rep-bob-turner-to-challenge-sen-kirsten-gillibrand-source ''NY Daily News'' "Breaking: Rep. Bob Turner To Challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand - Source," March 13, 2012]</ref> Redistricting puts 11th district incumbent [[Yvette Clarke]] into the new 9th. }}

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This will be the first election using [[Congressional redistricting maps implemented after the 2010 Census|new district maps based on 2010 Census data]]. [[New York's 9th congressional district]] is located in the eastern portion of the [[New York|state]] and includes Kings county.<ref>[http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/File:New_York_Congress_Map_2012.jpg ''New York Redistricting Map'' "Map" Accessed August 31, 2012]</ref>

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This was the first election using [[Congressional redistricting maps implemented after the 2010 Census|new district maps based on 2010 Census data]]. [[New York's 9th congressional district]] was located in the eastern portion of the [[New York|state]] and includes Kings county.<ref>[http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/File:New_York_Congress_Map_2012.jpg ''New York Redistricting Map'' "Map" Accessed August 31, 2012]</ref>

==Fusion voting==

==Fusion voting==

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New York is one of eight states that have "electoral fusion" -- which allows more than one political party to support a common candidate. This creates a situation where one candidate will appear multiple times on the same ballot, for the same position. Electoral fusion was once widespread across the United States, but is now commonly practiced only in New York.

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Opponents of fusion voting argue that the process results in dealmarking to ensure that patronage is rampant.<ref>[http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/buffalopundit/2010/05/electoral-fusion-ruins-new-york-some-more/ Electoral fusion ruins elections]</ref> Proponents maintain that fusion voting allows for minor parties to actually make a difference during the election, allowing voters the opportunity to vote for a minority party platform but still affect the general election result.<ref>[http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/elections/fusion-the-secret-weapon/ Working Family Party: Fusion voting]</ref>

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Candidates appearing in the general election will be listed below with colored dots corresponding to any party they will represent on the ballot.

==Candidates==

==Candidates==

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{{Candidate list noteB|Date=September 19, 2012}}

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{{Candidate list noteB|Date=October 15, 2012}}

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==Election Results==

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===General Election===

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==Race background==

==Race background==

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Following the results of the 2010 Census, New York lost two congressional seats, bringing its total number of representatives down from 29 to 27. According to a report in the ''Washington Post'' political blog "The Fix," New York was one of the top 10 redistricting battles in the nation.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/redistricting-battles-hit-a-fever-pitch/2011/06/03/AGN7h7HH_blog.html ''Washington Post, "The Fix,"'' "Redistricting battles hit a fever pitch," June 3, 2011]</ref>

Following the results of the 2010 Census, New York lost two congressional seats, bringing its total number of representatives down from 29 to 27. According to a report in the ''Washington Post'' political blog "The Fix," New York was one of the top 10 redistricting battles in the nation.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/redistricting-battles-hit-a-fever-pitch/2011/06/03/AGN7h7HH_blog.html ''Washington Post, "The Fix,"'' "Redistricting battles hit a fever pitch," June 3, 2011]</ref>

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The [[New York's 9th congressional district|9th district]] was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district is composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.<ref>[http://www.censusviewer.com/district-maps/2012/08/new-york-congressional-districts-comparison-2001-2011/ ''Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer'' "New York's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"]</ref><ref>[http://www.votermapping.com ''Labels & Lists'' "VoterMapping software voter counts"]</ref>

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The [[New York's 9th congressional district|9th district]] was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district was composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.<ref>[http://www.censusviewer.com/district-maps/2012/08/new-york-congressional-districts-comparison-2001-2011/ ''Moonshadow Mobile's CensusViewer'' "New York's congressional districts 2001-2011 comparison"]</ref><ref>[http://www.votermapping.com ''Labels & Lists'' "VoterMapping software voter counts"]</ref>

! colspan="8" | New York Congressional District 9<ref>[http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/congress/congress_apr12.pdf ''New York State Board of Elections,'' "District Active Enrollment 2012," April, 2012]</ref>

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!Congressional District

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!District Total

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!Democrats

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!Republicans

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!Other & Unaffiliated

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!Advantage

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!Party Advantage

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!Change in Advantage from 2010

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|District 9

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|368,841

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|277,210

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|27,267

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|64,364

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|style="background-color:blue; color: white;"|Democratic

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|916.65%

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|701.05%

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| colspan="8" align="center" |<small>"Party advantage" is the percentage gap between the two major parties in registered voters. "Change in advantage" is the spread in difference of party advantage between 2010 and 2012 based on the congressional district number only.</small>

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===District partisanship===

===District partisanship===

====FairVote's Monopoly Politics 2012 study====

====FairVote's Monopoly Politics 2012 study====

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====Cook Political Report's PVI====

====Cook Political Report's PVI====

:''See also: [[Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index]]''

:''See also: [[Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index]]''

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In 2012, ''Cook Political Report'' released its updated figures on the [[Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index|Partisan Voter Index]], which measures each congressional district's partisanship relative to the rest of the country. [[New York's 9th congressional district]] has a PVI of D+31, which is the 12 most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by [[Barack Obama]] (D), 85-15 percent over [[John McCain]] (R). In 2004, [[John Kerry]] (D) won the district 81-19 percent over George W. Bush (R).<ref>[http://cookpolitical.com/application/writable/uploads/2012_PVI_by_District.pdf ''Cook Political Report'' "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" Accessed October 2012]</ref></nowiki>

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In 2012, ''Cook Political Report'' released its updated figures on the [[Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index|Partisan Voter Index]], which measured each congressional district's partisanship relative to the rest of the country. [[New York's 9th congressional district]] had a PVI of D+31, which was the 12 most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by [[Barack Obama]] (D), 85-15 percent over [[John McCain]] (R). In 2004, [[John Kerry]] (D) won the district 81-19 percent over George W. Bush (R).<ref>[http://cookpolitical.com/application/writable/uploads/2012_PVI_by_District.pdf ''Cook Political Report'' "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" Accessed October 2012]</ref></nowiki>

==District history==

==District history==

===2011===

===2011===

On September 13, 2011, [[Bob Turner]] won a special election to the [[United States House]].

On September 13, 2011, [[Bob Turner]] won a special election to the [[United States House]].

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[[File:NY9.jpg|thumb|300px|This is the 9th congressional district prior to the [[Redistricting in New York|2011 redistricting]].]]

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[[File:NY9.jpg|thumb|300px|This was the 9th congressional district prior to the [[Redistricting in New York|2011 redistricting]].]]

==See also==

==See also==

*[[United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2012]]

*[[United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2012]]

Fusion voting

New York is one of eight states that have "electoral fusion" -- which allows more than one political party to support a common candidate. This creates a situation where one candidate will appear multiple times on the same ballot, for the same position. Electoral fusion was once widespread across the United States, but is now commonly practiced only in New York.

Opponents of fusion voting argue that the process results in dealmarking to ensure that patronage is rampant.[5] Proponents maintain that fusion voting allows for minor parties to actually make a difference during the election, allowing voters the opportunity to vote for a minority party platform but still affect the general election result.[6]

Candidates appearing in the general election will be listed below with colored dots corresponding to any party they will represent on the ballot.

Candidates

Note: Election results were added on election night as races were called. Vote totals were added after official election results had been certified. For more information about Ballotpedia's election coverage plan, click here. If you find any errors in this list, please email: Geoff Pallay.

Democratic primary

Attorney Sylvia Kinard challenged incumbent Yvette Clarke in the June 26 Democratic primary. Kinard, who is also a minister, formerly worked as Senior Legislative Attorney for the New York City Council.[8] She was focused on addressing local concerns of unemployment and education. Kinard wanted to ensure government jobs weren't outsourced, and supported small businesses. She also said she would fight to bring more education arts funding to New York.[9]

President Barack Obama backed Clarke.[10] He said that Clarke has worked "to give a voice to the voiceless, whether it was improving educational opportunity for children, expanding access to healthcare for women in need, or helping small businesses expand and add new jobs."[11]

Impact of redistricting

Following the results of the 2010 Census, New York lost two congressional seats, bringing its total number of representatives down from 29 to 27. According to a report in the Washington Post political blog "The Fix," New York was one of the top 10 redistricting battles in the nation.[12]

The 9th district was re-drawn after the 2010 Census. The new district was composed of the following percentages of voters of the old congressional districts.[13][14]

"Party advantage" is the percentage gap between the two major parties in registered voters. "Change in advantage" is the spread in difference of party advantage between 2010 and 2012 based on the congressional district number only.

District partisanship

FairVote's Monopoly Politics 2012 study

In 2012, FairVote did a study on partisanship in the congressional districts, giving each a percentage ranking (D/R) based on the new 2012 maps and comparing that to the old 2010 maps. New York's 9th District became more Democratic because of redistricting.[16]

2012: 80D / 20R

2010: 87D / 13R

Cook Political Report's PVI

In 2012, Cook Political Report released its updated figures on the Partisan Voter Index, which measured each congressional district's partisanship relative to the rest of the country. New York's 9th congressional district had a PVI of D+31, which was the 12 most Democratic district in the country. In 2008, this district was won by Barack Obama (D), 85-15 percent over John McCain (R). In 2004, John Kerry (D) won the district 81-19 percent over George W. Bush (R).[17]</nowiki>